You\u2019ve driven past it many times.<\/p>\n
Maybe you walked on by.<\/p>\n
You might have attended events there.<\/p>\n
You didn\u2019t think twice.<\/p>\n
\u201cEmmaus Triangle History 1759-2025,\u201d will give you a closer look when the documentary film premieres, with two screenings, noon and 1:15 p.m. June 27, Emmaus Theatre, in a benefit for The Emmaus Historical Society.<\/p>\n
The film\u2019s producer-director, Scott Stoneback, and the film\u2019s videographer-editor, Greg Roth, are expected to attend the screenings and participate in question and answer sessions afterward.<\/p>\n
Evans Wealth Strategies is sponsor of the premiere.<\/p>\n
The documentary was funded by a grant from the William B. Butz Memorial Fund with additional underwriting by The Media People, Inc.<\/p>\n
The 12.30 min. film is the first documentary commissioned by the Emmaus Historical Society. The Emmaus Theatre screening includes a 13-min. slide show of photos.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re very excited to share this with the community. That\u2019s part of our mission: to preserve history and present the information to the community,\u201d says Linda Boehmer, President, Emmaus Historical Society.<\/p>\n
\u201cEmmaus Triangle History 1759-2025\u201d has received two Platinum Awards, the highest honor given in the 20th annual Hermes Creative Awards, in the Documentary and Educational Video categories, from the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals.<\/p>\n
The Documentary recognition was for the use of interviews in telling a story in an interesting and creative way.<\/p>\n
The Educational Video recognition was for the use of visuals and audio in telling a compelling historical story.<\/p>\n
The Hermes Creative Award statuette is a symbol of the ancient Greek messenger who, according to myth, was the Olympian god of literature, orators and poets.<\/p>\n
Some cities have squares. Some cities have circles. Emmaus has a triangle.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom what we can tell, we are pretty much in the minority to have a Triangle in our town,\u201d says Andrew Kerstetter, Vice President, Emmaus Historical Society. \u201cIt really is a unique feature of the town.<\/p>\n
\u201cHonestly, I don\u2019t know that anyone knows how they chose to pick that shape,\u201d Kerstetter says.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe community dates to 1759. The Triangle dates to about 1850,\u201d says Kerstetter.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe assume that the Triangle was formed when the Eagle Hotel was built.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy the early 1920s, the buildings on the Triangle had become pretty much dilapidated. At that time, they consisted of the Eagle Hotel, a livery stable, a barbershop and a news agency,\u201d says Kerstetter.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter a lot of back and forth between the Borough of Emaus [as it was then spelled] officials and concerned citizens, the structures were demolished.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s now a restriction on the deed that it must remain a park for the public and no buildings can be erected there.\u201d Kerstetter continues.<\/p>\n
The buildings on the Triangle were demolished in 1923. The Triangle was rededicated in 1924. The Emmaus Triangle is 10,870-square-feet, or approximately one-quarter of one acre.<\/p>\n
Of the Borough of Emmaus, Kerstetter notes, \u201cIt was named after Emmaus in the Bible. In the early years, it was a closed Moravian community. In the 1830s, it [the borough\u2019s name] went to one M. In 1938, it [the spelling] went back to two Ms.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kerstetter mentions Scott Stoneback\u2019s family history in Emmaus:<\/p>\n
\u201cRobert Stoneback, Scott\u2019s great-grandfather, was founder and first president of Rotary Club, owned Emmaus Savings and Loan and was in the insurance business and real estate business in Emmaus. Scott\u2019s grandfather, H. Walter Stoneback, owned a pharmacy on the triangle.\u201d Stoneback\u2019s father, Dalton, was born in Emmaus.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were happy and grateful to be able to work with Scott [Stoneback], and to our knowledge, there hadn\u2019t been anything concise done about the Triangle,\u201d says Boehmer.<\/p>\n
Copies of the film will be available for purchase at the screenings.<\/p>\n
Plans are have the film available to show in the Emmaus Historical Society Museum, 218 Main St., Emmaus.<\/p>\n
The documentary is part of Emmaus\u2019s \u201cAmerica250\u201d celebration.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t initially planned that way when we started the project a year ago,\u201d says Boehmer.<\/p>\n
The Emmaus Historical has several \u201cAmerica250\u201d events underway.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s an \u201cHistoric Emmaus Walking Tour,\u201d 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. June 27.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn May, one of our members, Mary Parsell, researched Colonial Period beer recipes and gave the information to Matt Yergey, brew master, Yergey Brewing,\u201d Boehmer says.<\/p>\n
The result, Yergey\u2019s Goode Ale, \u201cwas brewed in celebration of the US 250th anniversary with the Emmaus Historical Society,\u201d states Yergey\u2019s website.<\/p>\n
The Emmaus Historical Society will hold \u201cEmmaus Heritage Festival,\u201d July 25, at its museum as part of the borough\u2019s \u201cAmerica250\u201d celebration, July 24, 25 and 26.<\/p>\n
For the documentary film, Kerstetter provided photographs and background history about them. Greg Roth of The Media People, Inc., touched up many of photos. Stoneback says that the editing required more than 300 hours.<\/p>\n
\u201cGreg [Roth] really got into looking at the pictures and doing a timeline for the documentary,\u201d Boehmer says.<\/p>\n
The Media People, Inc., now in its 51st year, has produced more than 2,000 films and received more than 75 national and international awards.<\/p>\n
\u201cEmmaus Triangle History 1759-2025\u201d screenings, Q&As, noon-1 p.m.; 1:15 p.m.-2:15 p.m. June 27, Emmaus Theatre, 19 S. Fourth St., Emmaus. Tickets: $5, at the door. Information: https:\/\/www.emmaushistoricalsociety.org\/<\/p>\n
CONTRIBUTED PHOTOFrom left to right: Andrew Kerstetter, Vice President, Emmaus Historical Society; Scott Stoneback, Producer-Director, \u201cEmmaus Triangle History 1759-2025,\u201d with Hermes Award, and Linda Boehmer, President, Emmaus Historical Society.<\/p>\n
CONTRIBUTED PHOTOGreg Roth of The Media People, Inc, edits \u201cEmmaus Triangle History 1759-2025\u201d documentary film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You\u2019ve driven past it many times. Maybe you walked on by. You might have attended events there. You…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223040,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":["post-223039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}